How do they match: Gas Plant Operators

  • Gas Processing Plant Operator
  • Gas Systems Worker
  • Liquefaction and Regasification Plant Operator
  • Oil and Gas Specialist

  • Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

  • Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
  • Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
  • Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
  • Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
  • Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
  • Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
  • Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
  • Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems.
  • Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
  • Start and shut down plant equipment.
  • Test gas, chemicals, and air during processing to assess factors such as purity and moisture content, and to detect quality problems or gas or chemical leaks.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
  • Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Confer with others to resolve production problems or equipment malfunctions.
  • Diagnose equipment malfunctions.
  • Inspect production equipment.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
  • Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
  • Operate natural gas distribution equipment.
  • Operate natural gas generation equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Repair production equipment or tools.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.